DorobekINSDIER: The Forest Service ostensibly tells the public not to comment

Hey there. I’m Christopher Dorobek — the DorobekINSIDER — and welcome GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER… where we focus on six words: Helping government do its job better. On GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER: A New Kind of Contracting?: For a little background, the IT Acquisition Advisory Council (ITAAC) is a public/private partnership of public interest groups, involved citizens, private sectorRead… Read more »

DorobekINSIDER: Does the insurgent approach to government innovation work?

Hey there. I’m Christopher Dorobek — the DorobekINSIDER — and welcome GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER… where we focus on six words: Helping government do its job better. On GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER: Enterprise Architecture is Back In Style: We hear the term enterprise architecture and… well, lets be honest, we don’t fully understand what it is. There are legalRead… Read more »

Just Say No 2.0

We all remember sitting in our classrooms back in elementary school listening to the police officer talk to us about the dangers of drug abuse during DARE (Drug. Abuse. Resistance. Education). Back then, unless a family member was involved in drugs, illegal substances seemed like a foreign concept to fourth graders. However, more than 5Read… Read more »

GovLoop Training: How State and Local Government is Leveraging Mobile Technology

Love piles upon piles of paperwork? Do you enjoy using multiple work devices that are questionably secure and most definitely not synchronized? How about heading to your office desktop before an urgent site visit instead of accessing that information in a mobile format? A big fan of these scenarios? Didn’t think so. Mecklenburg County, NCRead… Read more »

DorobekINSIDER: Work Feel Hard? Meet the #SAMMIES2014 Finalists

Hey there. I’m Christopher Dorobek — the DorobekINSIDER — and welcome GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER… where we focus on six words: Helping government do its job better. Work ever feel hard? Tired of ‘the beatings will continue until morale improves’? Remarkable work done by passionate and persistent public servants was recognized Monday night in the annual ServiceRead… Read more »

Highlighting the Power of GIS for Government

Through spatial analysis, we are able to find clarity from complexity, and tackle some of societies most pressing challenges. GovLoop and Esri have partnered to create a series of videos showing how GIS is transforming our world. Below you’ll find 4 great government case studies using GIS, and 6 startups powered by Esri that areRead… Read more »

Tips to Engage a New Audience with Social Media

Back in 2011, before the former White House aid ever assumed public office in Chicago, Twitter user @MayorEmanuel accrued nearly 50,000 followers and published more than 1,500 aggressively funny tweets showcasing the prospective mayor. In 2012, Secretary of State Clinton was similarly satirized, this time on the Tumblr site Texts from Hillary. Nearly 45,000 TumblrRead… Read more »